Reported by Bryan Zheng Posted by Jenny Wang On December 14th 2024, AYLUS volunteers arrived at the Hot Cocoa Social in Turnbridge Manor.  We handed out free balloons in order to promote the event and helped set up decorations and tables around the social. During the social we sold backpacks, tool kits and headbands to […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 16, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On December 9, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic human […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou This holiday season, many families may struggle to provide presents and gifts–or even basic necessities in some cases–to their loved ones. In order to solve this problem, the AYLUS San Diego Branch has participated in San Diego Center for Children’s Holiday heroes event. San Diego Center for Children is the leading […]

Reported by Eric Xie  AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the Beast Academy online class in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. During 2024-2025, we continue cooperating with Libraries of Love to raise funds. The 25th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on December 9-15, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On Friday, 12/13/2024, 3 members of AYLUS taught students ranging from third-graders to ninth-graders in various math topics at the local Chinese school, the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. Lucas Zhang (Event Leader), Albert Chen and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students […]

Malden branch members Ian Ian Ho and Yingyan Xia volunteered at their local art studio yet again on 12/15/2024. This week was all about drawing characters in the Intermediate and Advanced classes. Helping with improving the kids art skills as well as assisting them with their art work, they helped with kids ranging from 8-15 […]

Reported by John Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang Our amazing AYLUS members spent their time collecting used clothes from neighbors and friends. By spending their time and effort they impact their community with all different types of acts. Not only does donating clothes help people in need but also it helps the world and people […]

Reported by Sophia Li Posted by Jenny Wang On 12/12/24 Tritech hosted its first-ever market day to support employees that make things in their spare time. We participated in this event with our honey, rings, bracelets, backpacks, blankets etc. We also made egg tarts to sell to people. People loved the egg tarts and thought […]

On Dec. 14th, 2024, West Essex AYLUS members volunteered and performed for Livingston Chinese School 2025 Christmas & New Year Spectacular. The event was held at Mount Pleasant Middle School in Livingston, NJ. The New Year Spectacular Rehearsal are from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Stage performances began at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium and […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark.  12/09/24: Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Andrew Zhou (3 hours), Zihua Zhang (3.5 hours), William Sun (2 hours) 12/12/24: Summer […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark.    12/02/24: Jessica Yu (4 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours), Calvin Cheng (3 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours), Andrew […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a Winter Coat Drive. The coats will be delivered to churches in Newark for people in need.  12/08/24: 1 hour each: Zoe Leung, David Yu, Alan Li, Jeffrey Yang, Orion Lee, Andrew Zhou, Forest Yang, Eric Chen, Kailey Kwan

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/09/24. Volunteers coordinated and helped with teaching, warming up, Taekwondo forms, nunchucks, and sparring footwork, so participants who are between 6-15 years old can increase their martial art skills.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 12/02/24. Volunteers coordinated and helped with teaching, warming up, Taekwondo forms, nunchucks, and sparring footwork, so participants who are between 6-15 years old can increase their martial art skills.   West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected new toys to donate to Community Church. This was a great way to spread joy to the community during the holidays! Members: 1 hour: Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, Jeremiah Au, Gabriel Au

West Essex AYLUS Members volunteered at Reeves-Reed Arboretum’s Festival of Trees on 12/8/2024. They helped with aiding children in making crafts, doing temporary tattoos, running educational stands, and more!    Members: 4 hours: Maxwell Kim 5 hours: Jason Dong, Grace Zhu, Yichen Tang, Justin Wang, Zhicheng Zheng

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. Volunteer activity/location: Livingston Huaxia Chinese School (Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston). Activities – Teacher Assistant, helped in the main office to figure out the volunteer tasks, helped with the morning traffic direction, and helped around the information desk. Teaching Violin in […]

Aylus West Essex members, Aily Wei and Forest Yang, volunteer to raise Seeing Eye Puppies. They raised and trained their puppies with many commands such as walking, resting, lying down, sitting, and much more. These puppies will be the guiding dogs for blind people. 12/08 Forest Yang(2.5 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 12/09 Forest Yang(1.5 hours), […]

Reported by: Ryan Ma Posted by: Karen Li On December 14, 2024, we were volunteering with other AYLUS members in the non- profit organization called “Feed My Starving Children” beginning at 7:15 PM. It is a Christian nonprofit with the purpose of ending hunger. There was a total of 10 people who came to the […]

On Saturday the 7th in December 2024, the Roslyn Aylus Branch helped out the food pantry. NOSH Delivers, at Glen Cove.  The AYLUS volunteer members arrived and collaborated with different volunteer organizations, one of them being the ale Club Foundation. Each of us helped organize supplies to prepare for the activities that would occur during […]

Reported by: Elin Wang Posted by: Karen Li Today, our team of ALYUS volunteers helped out with the AGAPE Special Needs Program. This morning we did a variety of activities such as playing UNO cards, singing and dancing together, discussing the meaning of Christmas, learning social skills. We accompanied the special needs throughout the lessons […]

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch are thrilled to share the success of our recent holiday gifts drive event, and we want to thank everyone who contributed to making it such a meaningful and impactful experience. Together, we made a real difference for children in our community this […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of December 9, 2024 – December 15, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of December 2, 2024 – December 8, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

On Saturday December 14, three members of the AYLUS Idaho Falls Branch volunteered at the Museum of Idaho to help make/teach kids about slime. Our volunteers prepared ingredients and also explained the science behind slime.   From left to right: Michael Wu, Zach Long, Nolan Ma     Michael Wu helps kids make slime.   […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 8th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for the Loops For Love project. In this project, members crochet hats and other items for donation to cancer patients. For many members, they were somewhat new to […]

On December 14 2024 volunteers from the Greater Buffalo Branch hosts a movie night at the University of Buffalo to create a community event! It was very successful as about 70 people came. Volunteers helped sell food and water, watch the kids, set up and clean up. Furthermore, food and water profit will be donated […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 2023. This program serves a dual purpose: to facilitate meaningful connections with local children with autism and improve their communication skills, while simultaneously improving their foundational reading comprehension skills. Our commitment is not […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its holiday greeting event to first aid and rescue squads, firefighters, police officers, and so many real heroes in our community, who sacrifice a lot to save lives, and deserve our honor and respect, especially in this holiday season. The Warren Township […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its holiday greeting event to first aid and rescue squads, firefighters, police officers, and so many real heroes in our community, who sacrifice a lot to save lives, and deserve our honor and respect, especially in this holiday season. The Livingston Police […]

On December 12th, from 1:30 to 4:30 AYLUS Dix Hills volunteers went to Long Island Chinese School to become teaching assistants for teachers and students. This was the last Chinese class of the year, and at the entrance there were festive balloons, candy and posters hung around. AYLUS members were assigned a classroom (the one […]

Written by Alex Lu On December 14, 2024, the AYLUS Oyster Bay Branch hosted a workshop, Solar-Powered Educational Lego Toys, in collaboration with the Sangha Education Center at the Malcolm House. The event featured three different types of solar-powered toys donated by the Xi’an Solar Energy Association, which were a miniature telescope, satellite, and a […]

Our 27 youth members participated in this fundraising event to support the Sangha Education Center for children with special needs. Thank you for your generosity! Volunteer Time: 2 hrs for each person Christina Mink, Andy Yang, Jacky Yang, Wanying Yu, Chang Guo, Yuqi Wu, Jiaman Wang, Pengyu Chen, Eric Matsuno, Hoilee Dai, Justin Warren, Derrick […]

Written by Christina Mink On November 23, 2024, AYLUS Oyster Bay participated in the Saturday Stewardship program organized by New York State Parks. The day began with tour guides introducing us to the park and explaining the vital relationship between native plants and the ecosystem. We learned that most biodiversity thrives at the margins of […]

On December 15th, the AYLUS Chapel Hill Branch wrapped up this year’s music performances with a heartwarming Christmas concert at Carol Woods Retirement Center. The festive energy was contagious as our talented members wowed the audience with a mix of classical music and popular holiday hits! From piano solos to duets, clarinet performances, and even […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn Reading Marathon, Kicking Off World Read Aloud Day, Cary, NC – This summer Reading Marathon was successfully concluded with the praise of many participants. To welcome more participants, we will launch more reading activities that cater to different interests and styles. There are history and culture, celebrity […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn Reading Marathon, Kicking Off World Read Aloud Day, Cary, NC – This summer Reading Marathon was successfully concluded with the praise of many participants. To welcome more participants, we will launch more reading activities that cater to different interests and styles. There are history and culture, celebrity […]